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in 1947, and i was at a popular thing to do, to call in the fbi. but that's all in the book. it's a fascinating moment in his grid because that's really when a lot of things are moving around. both in his career and in southern politics. >> over the years i have read that haley barbour in his role as party chair was sort of the architects of the modern conservative movement. but i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour certainly played a huge role in modern republican politics. enormously talented guy who come here, started off in mississippi politics and rose to great prominence, and is now party chairman and 96. but there's been a lot. he was an important figure in kind of, important southerner in building the modern gop. there have been important south carolinians. lee atwater. at what it is a guy who comes out of thurmond's political shop, it really has a huge influence on gop politics in the 1980s. runs george bush's campaign in 1988. i don't talk about haley barbour simply because this is really about, it's about thurmon
in 1947, and i was at a popular thing to do, to call in the fbi. but that's all in the book. it's a fascinating moment in his grid because that's really when a lot of things are moving around. both in his career and in southern politics. >> over the years i have read that haley barbour in his role as party chair was sort of the architects of the modern conservative movement. but i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour certainly played a huge role in modern...
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be the fbi took a long time to arrest him. all three were charged, essentially, with what's known as material support prosecutions. so the terrorism law that was seriously beefed up after 9/11. and this law has been used widely. it charges you with providing support to terrorists. what's controversial about it is it doesn't necessarily mean you did anything. you didn't commit a terrorist act, but you provided aid, supplies, money, sometimes even yourself as a foot soldier in the cause of terrorism. christopher paul would be someone you consider a very passionate ideological person. also i think probably a pretty honorable person. he really didn't fight his prosecution at all. he, there were a few court filings, but essentially he agreed to plead guilty almost immediately. he refused to testify or offer any information that might help him. so he's now in federal prison serving a 20-year sentence. abdi, the somali, everied a very -- received a very light sentence because the evidence against him was probably pretty thin, and he'
be the fbi took a long time to arrest him. all three were charged, essentially, with what's known as material support prosecutions. so the terrorism law that was seriously beefed up after 9/11. and this law has been used widely. it charges you with providing support to terrorists. what's controversial about it is it doesn't necessarily mean you did anything. you didn't commit a terrorist act, but you provided aid, supplies, money, sometimes even yourself as a foot soldier in the cause of...
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start doing the outreach to muslim brotherhood and other islamists groups bringing them inspect the fbi, cia, white house. so the infull traition has been going on for quite awhile. it's serious business. we need a president who is going to be able to take this on and not worry about the political correctness. the reason -- one the huge reasons we're in the mess because president bush and president obama for slightly different reasons, the political correctness aspect has driven a lot of it. we're doing muslim voted reach. it's not a war against islam. we need a president and leadership here who can identify who is the enemy, cho who is the threat how we're going to deal with it. bill oh o rely asked mr. president is the muslim brotherhood a threat to the united states? they are a sworn enemy of the united states. there's a lot of talk about how they renounced violence. that's a temporary measure until they get power. watch what they do in egypt when they have power. if you're a christian in egypt you better your bags and get out now this is curtains for you. so when bill asked ron paul
start doing the outreach to muslim brotherhood and other islamists groups bringing them inspect the fbi, cia, white house. so the infull traition has been going on for quite awhile. it's serious business. we need a president who is going to be able to take this on and not worry about the political correctness. the reason -- one the huge reasons we're in the mess because president bush and president obama for slightly different reasons, the political correctness aspect has driven a lot of it....
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a number of different reasons but because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a lynching that it happened in south carolina in 1947, and that was not a popular thing to do, to called in the fbi to investigate a lynching. but that's all in the book. it's a fascinating moment in his career. that's when a lot of things are really moving around. both in history and in southern politics. yes? >> over the years, i have read that haley barbour in his role as party chair was -- [inaudible] but i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour certainly has played a huge role in modern republican politics, enormously talented guy who started off in mississippi politics and rose to great prominence, to be party chairman in 96. at there have been a lot. he was an important figure in kind, important southerner in building the modern gop. as you know, there have been important south killings, too. lee atwater. atwater is a guy who comes out of thurmond's political shop, yeah, that really has a huge influence on gop politics in the 1980s. runs
a number of different reasons but because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a lynching that it happened in south carolina in 1947, and that was not a popular thing to do, to called in the fbi to investigate a lynching. but that's all in the book. it's a fascinating moment in his career. that's when a lot of things are really moving around. both in history and in southern politics. yes? >> over the years, i have read that haley barbour in his...
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fbi. >>.. ..our and a half. [applause] >> welcome, everyone, to cooper union, and this momentous launch of a masseterpiece of the latest book of juan gonzalez, written together with joe torres, called "news for all the people: the epic story of race and the american media." >> no one could be more excited about this tonight than i am, and maybe, oh, joe and juan's parents and family. but at bill meijer -- bill moyer said we needed this book for a long time, this book that is a sweeping history of the american news media that puts race at the center of the story, and to be here at cooper union, a university, a college for all the people that is still tuition-free -- [applause] >> -- and to be here on the stage, at this podium, where president abraham lincoln spoke, where the great abolitionist frederick douglass spoke, the greatest abolitionist of all time, but frederick douglass was an editor, a publisher, a writer, and when he came north to maryland, he took refuge not far from here, in an old brick house that
fbi. >>.. ..our and a half. [applause] >> welcome, everyone, to cooper union, and this momentous launch of a masseterpiece of the latest book of juan gonzalez, written together with joe torres, called "news for all the people: the epic story of race and the american media." >> no one could be more excited about this tonight than i am, and maybe, oh, joe and juan's parents and family. but at bill meijer -- bill moyer said we needed this book for a long time, this book...
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because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a lynching that it happened in south carolina 1947 and that was not a popular thing to do, to call in the fbi to investigate a lynching but that is all in the book or go it's a fascinating moment in his career because that is when a lot of things are really moving around. both in his career and in southern politics. [inaudible] i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour is unusual in modern republican politics, enormously talented guy who started off in mississippi politics and rose to great prominence on the national scene as party chairman and in 96 but there have been a lot -- he was an important figure and an importance of inner and building the modern gop because you know there have been important south carolinians like lee atwater. atwater is a guy who comes out of kerman's political shop that really has a huge influence on gop politics in the 1980s. he runs george bush's campaign in 1988 so i don't talk about barbour simply because this is really about thurmond's story and
because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a lynching that it happened in south carolina 1947 and that was not a popular thing to do, to call in the fbi to investigate a lynching but that is all in the book or go it's a fascinating moment in his career because that is when a lot of things are really moving around. both in his career and in southern politics. [inaudible] i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour is unusual in...
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fbi. >> the most recent book by ronald kessler, "the secrets of the fbi". >> now on booktv, the creation of the bill of rights and the election that enabled it. .. >> you know, as important as this project has become to my life, i can scarcely remember the first time i learned about this historic congressional race between two future presidents in 1789. but what i do remember is reading about it in a book, and it was treated with the typical one or two sentences that you would see about this congressional race. and i thought to myself, way to bury the lead. all of a sudden we're in this race between two future presidents, james madison, james monroe, they're debating the most important issues we have ever talked about as a country, whether we should have a bill of rights, what kind of union we should have, and all of a sudden you're on the next page, and they're in the first congress. and i said, way to bury the lead. so i decided i would read everything i could about this 1789 election, and when i found that no one had written about it before, i decided i was going to tell the story. at
fbi. >> the most recent book by ronald kessler, "the secrets of the fbi". >> now on booktv, the creation of the bill of rights and the election that enabled it. .. >> you know, as important as this project has become to my life, i can scarcely remember the first time i learned about this historic congressional race between two future presidents in 1789. but what i do remember is reading about it in a book, and it was treated with the typical one or two sentences that...
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- overlooked is that also italian-americans and german-americans were also picked up in turn by the fbi. eventually over the accepted figures about 100,000 japanese, italian and german americans were interred at some point during world war ii. but there was, there was great fear in america after december 7th because not only because of the attack and, obviously, there was great anger too because after the attack then japan declares war on america, and this really offended america's, americans' sense of fair play. but the, there was -- government knew and the roosevelt white house knew that both the germans and the japanese had incredible spy networks operating in the united states and in the territory of hawaii including this memo right here was prepared by the office of naval intelligence on december 4th, 26-page memo that we found in the franklin roosevelt library. and i don't think it's ever seen the light of day before, but it goes into great detail about japanese espionage activities near washington, new york, at all major military installations, especially naval around the country
- overlooked is that also italian-americans and german-americans were also picked up in turn by the fbi. eventually over the accepted figures about 100,000 japanese, italian and german americans were interred at some point during world war ii. but there was, there was great fear in america after december 7th because not only because of the attack and, obviously, there was great anger too because after the attack then japan declares war on america, and this really offended america's, americans'...
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jeff cohen and john chase report on how rod blagojevich was arrested by the fbi in
jeff cohen and john chase report on how rod blagojevich was arrested by the fbi in
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office without knowing the next time he'd run was six months later accompanied by the attorney and fbi. they arrived at 3 p.m. sharp. he was short and stout in the 50s with a side part and glasses. the other was tall, sleppedder, and young. the lawyers slugged their arms out of the coats, both wearing suits and ties. marty lone -- london recounted the story. the boys told me an incredible story it's a scheme to the tune of $50 billion. $50 million? b,, billion. was he sane? no one from family members to the top lawyers in the country could wrap their head around that figure. it would dwarf the scandal involving $11 billion, meaning madoff committed the biggest financial fraud in history. over the next hour, he asked andrew and mark to describe in depth who they were, the jobs at firm, roirp to their parents, their wives, and asked them repeatedly if they were involved in a fraud. we had no idea, none whatsoever, we were blind sided. we have to report this, and thyme not sure how. we have a new partner at the firm, i want to bring him in for his thoughts. he picked up the phone. the clo
office without knowing the next time he'd run was six months later accompanied by the attorney and fbi. they arrived at 3 p.m. sharp. he was short and stout in the 50s with a side part and glasses. the other was tall, sleppedder, and young. the lawyers slugged their arms out of the coats, both wearing suits and ties. marty lone -- london recounted the story. the boys told me an incredible story it's a scheme to the tune of $50 billion. $50 million? b,, billion. was he sane? no one from family...
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you see how hard the fbi works when you get those files. they had research an moon rocks for 200 pages to know what a moon rock is, so i did -- you get all the information that way, but, yeah, yeah. >> host: this is booktv's in-depth program. 202 is the area code if you want to talk with ben mezrich. you can also send us an e-mail booktv.cspan.com is the e-mail. >> caller: when you're an author and screen writer, what's the difference aside from the obvious, having a consolidating it down into a two hour movie format, and is it frustrating -- it seems when you watch a movie after reading a book, like 99% of the time, you can see there was something left out. i just went to the movie and read the book, not yours by the way, but i was amazed that i think important things get left out of a screen play that were in the book. i understand you can't fit it all in, but can yak talk about it a little bit? >> guest: sure. i'm not a successful screen writer yet. i've done one or two plays. one adaptation of ugly americans 245 didn't get made, and whe
you see how hard the fbi works when you get those files. they had research an moon rocks for 200 pages to know what a moon rock is, so i did -- you get all the information that way, but, yeah, yeah. >> host: this is booktv's in-depth program. 202 is the area code if you want to talk with ben mezrich. you can also send us an e-mail booktv.cspan.com is the e-mail. >> caller: when you're an author and screen writer, what's the difference aside from the obvious, having a consolidating...
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that when the next time he would return to be six months later accompanied by his attorneys and the fbi that he could recover his personal assets. marty and andrew erlich arrived at 3:00 p.m. sharp. he was short and sadness at this with a side classes. luke was tall, slender and young. the lawyer showed parents out of ring close, both wearing suits and ties. marty london through to recap the story. are you familiar with ernie middaugh? the boys told this incredible story is running a ponzi scheme to the tune of $50 billion. 50 million laos? billion with a b. do you think he was saying? was a time the truth? no one from family members to the top lawyers in the country could wrap their head around that figure. it would dwarf the worldcom scandal which was 11 billion mean purdy made off had made the biggest financial fraud in history. over the next hour they describe in depth who they were, jobs at the firm, relationship to parent, wives. he asked repeatedly if they were involved in the fraud. we had no idea they kept repeating. none whatsoever. we were completely blindsided. they walked u
that when the next time he would return to be six months later accompanied by his attorneys and the fbi that he could recover his personal assets. marty and andrew erlich arrived at 3:00 p.m. sharp. he was short and sadness at this with a side classes. luke was tall, slender and young. the lawyer showed parents out of ring close, both wearing suits and ties. marty london through to recap the story. are you familiar with ernie middaugh? the boys told this incredible story is running a ponzi...
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war against al qaeda giving classified information from the cia and fbi as well as interviews with current and former officials of the u.s. government. this week's guest host intelligence reporter kimberly dozier. >> host: said, welcome to booktv and now is my chance to ask you all the questions i have wanted to ask as i've watched your career move in the past few years. time on the ground in afghanistan come the top special operations commander is both here and in the field. and who had been in the think-tank world, so let's launch with your new book, "hunting the shadows." you talk about the three ways about qaeda violence and a possible third wave. before you get into the evolution of how you track back, how the u.s. intelligence and national security world has track back, can we talk about the health of the organization? we just passed a major milestone with the one-year anniversary of the osama bin laden rate. how are they doing? >> guest: i think how is a qaeda doing depends on which part of the organization we are talking about. the core group based in pakistan that was led by osama
war against al qaeda giving classified information from the cia and fbi as well as interviews with current and former officials of the u.s. government. this week's guest host intelligence reporter kimberly dozier. >> host: said, welcome to booktv and now is my chance to ask you all the questions i have wanted to ask as i've watched your career move in the past few years. time on the ground in afghanistan come the top special operations commander is both here and in the field. and who had...
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i will offer now an account given by the fbi in 1920. the bureau was investigating marcus garvey, one of the african-americans most important leaders. and mr. schomburg was speaking on that sunday at liberty hall on 138 st in harlem april 1920, less than half -- 1920 was also midway in the jim crow era. jim crow was the national policy to destroy african american progress and the very reason for the universal windber association and the national association for the and fans and of colored people groups that reformed to eight african-american freedom during the horrific so free era of jim crow. this is how the bureau of investigation agent heard mr. schomburg on the subject of freedom. quote, a man by the name of mr. arthur schomburg commended the universal negro improvement association of plummet's wonderful work and stated that he was quired to offer all he possessed, even his life if necessary for the success of this undertaking and for the progress of his race. again, he was glad to offer all he possessed, even his life if necessary f
i will offer now an account given by the fbi in 1920. the bureau was investigating marcus garvey, one of the african-americans most important leaders. and mr. schomburg was speaking on that sunday at liberty hall on 138 st in harlem april 1920, less than half -- 1920 was also midway in the jim crow era. jim crow was the national policy to destroy african american progress and the very reason for the universal windber association and the national association for the and fans and of colored...
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i don't mind the police or the fbi, well, the department of agricultural has a swat team. the fish and wildlife have a swat team. they raided gibson guitar with guns drawn, took their computer equipment. when they accused them of something which was breaking a foreign regulation. a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized in the u.s. for breaking a law in the india. those are the kind of stories we write about. >> how come we haven't heard about that before? >> some of them you have heard. one the case of john and judy. they were selling bun anies in missouri. they fined $95,000 for having a wrong permit. the government said you can pay on the website. if you don't pay in thirty days you'll owe $3.1 billion. it's the kind of stuff the government is doing to bully people, and we frankly think it needs to stop. they're doing the same with confiscating people's land and saying you can't build on it because it's a wetland. even though there isn't a pond or stream on the land. >> as a senator, what can you do to change policy? >> we look to some of the things, w
i don't mind the police or the fbi, well, the department of agricultural has a swat team. the fish and wildlife have a swat team. they raided gibson guitar with guns drawn, took their computer equipment. when they accused them of something which was breaking a foreign regulation. a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized in the u.s. for breaking a law in the india. those are the kind of stories we write about. >> how come we haven't heard about that before? >> some...
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then i went to several organizations, newspapers, veterans' administration and even to the fbi. i also wrote to governor driscoll, supreme court and many rich people. they refused me in a nice way. then i lost faith in the united states of america. i had always believed before that the people found justice here when they couldn't anywhere else in the world. then i learned about the civil rights congress. i begged them to help me. first, they start to restore my faith in the american people, then they gave me courage to keep fighting to win. i remember you when i was a girl, how interested you were in negro people. please help us now. my people can't stand these police brutalities much longer. i remain humble, betsy mitchell. p.s., please answer. eleanor roosevelt wrote to several people she knew in new jersey including the attorney general. they all assured her that the new jersey supreme court would, in the appeal, would treat this case in a very fair manner and see that justice was done. so eleanor roosevelt wrote that back to betsy mitchell. the next little bit is after the c
then i went to several organizations, newspapers, veterans' administration and even to the fbi. i also wrote to governor driscoll, supreme court and many rich people. they refused me in a nice way. then i lost faith in the united states of america. i had always believed before that the people found justice here when they couldn't anywhere else in the world. then i learned about the civil rights congress. i begged them to help me. first, they start to restore my faith in the american people,...